Air Tindi retains N.W.T. medevac contract for 8 more years

Air Tindi and Advanced Medical Solutions will continue to provide medevac services in the Northwest Territories under a new eight-year contract announced Monday by the Department of Health and Social Services.

Air Tindi has held the N.W.T.'s medevac flight contract since 2008, costing $53.9 million as of March 31, 2014.

Advanced Medical Solutions has held the contract to provide medical personnel for the flights since 2007, costing $18.2 million as of March 31, 2014.

Air Tindi and Advanced Medical Solutions competed against proposals from three other companies for the contract.

The contract is for medevac flights within N.W.T. and between N.W.T. and Alberta. 

Health and Social Services says there was an average of just over 1,000 medevac flight dispatches each year for the past five years.